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  • Toxin found in sardines that clogged US marina

    03/11/2011 10:42:41 PM PST · by quantim · 23 replies
    AP/WorldMag ^ | Mar 12, 1:23 AM EST
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The millions of sardines that were found floating dead in a Southern California marina this week tested positive for a powerful neurotoxin, researchers said Friday. High levels of domoic acid were found in the sardines, which may have distressed them off the Los Angeles coastline and caused them to swim into the Redondo Beach marina, University of Southern California biologist David Caron wrote in a summary of his laboratory's findings.